Abstract: A method for heat-sealing a sheet of heat-resisting polymer to a heat-resisting polymeric fitment, which enables the fabrication of a containment and delivery system for a bulk quantity of meltable adhesive, wherein a rigid container is lined by a heat-resisting flexible envelope, with a heater interposed between them. Ports are sealed to the envelope to permit the filling and draining of molten adhesive.

Abstract: Recombinant strains of L. johnsonii which have capacities of surviving passage through the intestine, adhering to human intestinal cells and increasing phagocytosis of macrophages and which have a sequence of gene coding which is an L. johnsonii strain sequence of gene coding for D-lactate dehydrogenase modified so that the recombinant strain produces only L(+)-lactate.

Abstract: A recombinant strain of L. johnsonii which has capacities of surviving passage through the intestine, adhering to human intestinal cells and increasing phagocytosis of macrophages and which has a gene sequence code for D-lactate dehydrogenase which is a modified L. johnsonii gene sequence code and which produces only L(+)-lactate.

Abstract: An aircraft door adapted to substantially seal with a door frame. The aircraft door is provided with an edge portion which is formed to engage the door frame. The edge portion has a sealed position wherein the edge portion is engaged with the door frame. The edge portion further has an unsealed position wherein the edge portion is spaced from the door frame. The aircraft door is further provided with a substantially rigid door body and an elastic portion interposed between the door body and the edge portion. The elastic portion is selectively expandable and compressible for permitting movement of the edge portion between the sealed and unsealed positions. The aircraft door is further provided with an actuator device which mechanically couples the door body with the edge portion for selectively moving the edge portion between the sealed and unsealed positions. The actuator device comprises a shape memory metal material having a predetermined transition temperature.

Abstract: Inks for continuous ink jet printer, containing polyamide resins as binders and wherein the polyamide resins are characterized by having a glass transition onset temperature of 95.degree. to 175.degree. and preferably 120.degree. to 140.degree..

Abstract: Ink jet inks are disclosed comprising a liquid vehicle which is preferably a blend of ethanol and water in a weight ratio of 23/70 (equivalent to 30/70 by volume) to 71/10 (equivalent to 90/10 by volume), a binder, which comprises a sugar or a sugar alcohol or a mixture thereof, preferably a mixture of sorbitol and maltitol, which is soluble in the liquid vehicle, a colorant which is soluble in the liquid vehicle and a surfactant comprising 90% or more of phosphatidylcholine or lysophosphatidylcholine, which is soluble in the liquid vehicle.

Abstract: An electronics cabinet which provides venting of gases within a battery compartment and also protects the inside from wind driven rain and other particles. A cover assembly is provided over the compartment of the cabinet, which assembly includes a cover member with a plurality of louvers and a blocking plate covering the louvers. A fan is mounted in the compartment in order to circulate air within the compartment so as to enhance the venting capability.

Abstract: A safety needle device includes a barrel having an inside surface defining a chamber and an open proximal end. A distal end includes a needle cannula attached thereto. The needle cannula includes a distal tip and a lumen therethrough in fluid communication with the chamber. A needle guard is mounted on the barrel for movement relative to the barrel from a retracted position in which the needle guard does not materially obstruct access to the distal tip of the needle cannula and an extended position in which the needle guard obstructs access to the distal tip. The safety needle device includes structure for releasably retaining the needle guard in the retracted position and for locking the needle guard in the extended position.

Abstract: Substrate such as relatively porous, low thermally conductive materials are coated with molten lead, lead-base alloys, zinc, zinc-base alloys, tin, tin-base alloys, cadmium, cadmium-base alloys, aluminum, aluminum-base alloys and the like by spreading the molten metal by means of a low thermally conductive roll to provide products useful in sound attenuation, moisture and corrosion proofing and radiation shielding.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device comprisng a thin plate of a piezoelectric material which has a Poisson's ratio of less than one-third, and has an electrode region and a non-electrode region, wherein the thickness relation between the electode region and the non-electrode region is arranged so that the thickness of the electrode region is smaller than the thickness of the non-electrode region when a value of equations represented by (.pi.p/4)+(4/k.sup.3)cot(.pi.kp/2) Q for the thickness-extensional mode, and (.pi.q/4)+(4/k)cot(.pi. q/2k) Q for the thickness-shear mode is negative respectively for a desired vibratory mode, and that the thickness of the electrode region is larger than the thickness of the non-electrode region when the value of the above equations are positive respectively for a desired thickness vibration mode.